Discover the best ways of getting to the Bernese Oberland whether travelling by car, train or plane

By car

Drivers using Swiss motorways will need a vignette (motorway toll sticker) for your vehicle. This usually costs £31 and is valid for 14 months – from 1 December of the previous year to 31 January of the following year.

If you have a trailer or a campervan, you will need to buy an additional vignette. Vignettes can be purchased from border posts, Swiss post offices and petrol stations.

Road transfer times

From Zürich

From Basel

From Geneva

Interlaken: 2hrs 30 minsAdelboden: 2hrs 30 minsGstaad: 2hrsBern: 2hrs

From Bern

Grindelwald: 1hr 10 minsInterlaken: 45 mins

By air

Bern Airport is a fast, efficient hub for getting to the resorts of the Bernese Oberland. Swiss airline SkyWork is the only one that flies direct to Bern from the UK – from London City Airport. Flights cost from around £138 each way.

Other carriers, including easyJet, British Airways and Ryanair, offer varied routes to Geneva, Zürich and Basel. Onward travel to resorts in the Bernese Oberland is best done by the Swiss rail network.

Getting there: the Bernese Oberland is easy to reach from most places in Switzerland

By rail

Located in the heart of Europe, Bern has excellent links to the continent’s high-speed rail network. Once you’re in Switzerland, the efficiency and scope of the Swiss travel system truly reveals itself.

Travelling from Swiss airports to Interlaken allows you to pick up rail connections to the Jungfrau resorts of Wengen, Mürren, Lauterbrunnen, Grindelwald and Haslital.

With a Bernese Oberland Regional Pass, you can explore many of the region’s outstanding sites, including the train ride to Jungfraujoch – Top of Europe and a boat trip on Lake Thun or Lake Brienz.

As well as free travel on rail and bus lines, there are discounts on admission to local attractions. Priced from CHF 240 (£184) for a four-day pass.

Need to know

Swiss travel pass

Free national travel by train, bus and boat, including panorama routes (with a reservation fee), plus local public transport in 75 towns and cities; 50 per cent discount off most mountain railways. Includes Museum Pass, giving free admission to 480 museums.

Swiss transfer tickets

Travel from any Swiss border railway station or airport to the selected holiday destination, plus return journey. Travel must be by most direct route; 50 per cent off most mountain railways on the transfer days.